1840 Indian Rebirth

Chapter 50 [Contract Spirit]

"Hello, Mayor Thomas." The two-wolf chief got off his horse and greeted politely, and then he also greeted the translator, "There is also a bird's nest."

Then he thought slowly and said: "We are here this time to re-discuss the matter about the land."

Mayor Thomas frowned: "How do you want to discuss it? Do you plan to sell more land?"

"No, on the contrary...we intend to cancel this transaction." Chief Twin Wolf paused, "We will return everything we traded to each other, the land of the Twin Wolf Clan, and your goods."

"It's okay to cancel the transaction." Mayor Thomas smiled. "Wait a minute, let me find the contract."

He found a piece of paper with a few short paragraphs written in English, as well as a signature and a handprint.

Looking at the contract in his hand, Mayor Thomas said: "Oh, here, look at what our breach of contract says. If one party cancels the transaction without authorization, they must pay liquidated damages... $[-]!"

"So, Chief of the Twin Wolf Clan, as long as you pay me [-] dollars, this deal can be canceled."

"What!" The chief of the two wolves was not very clear about the value of the dollar, but he also knew that it was an astronomical figure.

Eighty thousand dollars, even if you sold the entire family's scalp!

He immediately said: "This is impossible, I remember that there is no such thing in the contract!"

Mayor Thomas said: "Why not? It's written in black and white. If you don't believe me, you can take out your own contract and have a look."

The chief of the two wolves turned red and white, and while taking out his own contract, he said: "You must be talking nonsense!"

The mayor of Thomas did not speak, but there was a trace of sarcasm on his face, and at the same time he secretly put his hands behind his back and made a gesture.

The chief of the two wolves took out a crumpled English contract, and compared it with Mayor Thomas' contract: "Look, the two contracts are exactly the same!"

"It's exactly the same. It's written that you will pay me $[-]!" Mayor Thomas pushed the translation bird's nest, "Tell them which sentence it is."

Bird's Nest lowered its head and pointed to the same paragraph of the two contracts: "Here is the breach of contract clause. If you want to cancel the transaction, you really need to pay Mayor Thomas $[-]..."

"You heard me, Comanche, I didn't amend the contract, and I didn't talk nonsense. This is what you signed, oh, it should be said to be signed." Mayor Thomas smiled, and tapped twice on the handprint of the contract.

He put away the contract again, and continued: "Since you have pressed your fingerprints, you must abide by the spirit of the contract. Of course, there is no problem with revoking the transaction, as long as you pay liquidated damages, [-] U.S. dollars... I am a kind person, and I can give it to you How about half price, forty thousand dollars?"

Chief Shuangwolves couldn't help looking at the bird's nest, his voice trembling slightly: "You...why did you lie to me!"

Nest said nothing.

"You traitor, you betrayed the Comanche!" All the Comanche cursed.

When Bird Nest heard the words, his face immediately turned red, and the veins on his neck burst out. Not to be outdone, he said, "I have nothing to do with you barbarians. I have already converted to Christ. My name is now Adam. What obligation do I have to help you guys?" !"

Chief Shuangwolves was also angry: "Even if you don't help us, you shouldn't lie to us!"

Nest: "You are illiterate, you deserve it! An ignorant civilization like yours should have been extinct long ago, and the United States is the Manifest Destiny!"

In fact, Americans at this time did not think of their destiny very much. The term "Manifest Destiny" did not become popular in the United States until 1845, which is next year.

But Bird's Nest seems to be more fanatical than the original American, and he may even be the first to use the term.

"Okay, stop arguing with them." Thomas patted Nest on the shoulder, "They're just a bunch of savages."

Bird Nest nodded, calmed down: "Indeed, I shouldn't pay attention to them."

"Let's get back to the deal." Thomas took a sharp puff of cigarette and puffed, "So, dear chief, what is your plan now, is to pay forty thousand dollars, or take your contract back?"

The chief of the two wolves breathed a little quickly: "You guys tricked me into signing this contract, it doesn't count, you violated the spirit of the contract first!"

Thomas laughed: "We have always abided by the spirit of the contract, which is our most important tradition, but the spirit of the contract does not include mercy for ignorance."

"This deal must be revoked!" The angry chief of the two wolves directly tore up the contract, and scraps of paper fell to the ground.

Looking at the torn contract, Mayor Thomas looked expressionless, and only said: "It's really regrettable."

"Bang!" As soon as the words fell, several gunshots came from behind the Comanches, and two Comanches were shot and killed on the spot, but a group of white people walked around behind them at some point.

"Bang bang bang!" Immediately afterwards, the white people in the front also shot at the Comanche.

Thomas suddenly stepped forward and rushed towards the two wolf chiefs.

Chief Shuangwolves was old and caught off guard, and was strangled by him on the spot, with a frightened expression on his face.

"Surrender!" Thomas yelled, "unless you can't wait to donate some fresh scalps!"

The Comanches were attacked from both sides, and they fell into a disadvantage in an instant, and the chief was also captured. Naturally, they were bound to lose.With the translation of the bird's nest, some people have chosen to surrender.

However, there was also a Comanche who rushed out of the siege and fled into the distance on horseback.

Thomas himself took a rifle, aimed it at the fleeing fellow, and pulled the trigger.

"boom!"

The Comanche let out a scream, but was shot in the shoulder, which made him almost fall off his horse, but in the end he gritted his teeth and persisted, disappearing from the sight of the white man.

Looking at the fleeing figure, Thomas frowned, and then looked at the bird's nest: "There shouldn't be many fighters in the Shuanglang clan, right?"

"That's right." Bird's Nest nodded, "They were originally a small clan, and after losing these people, there are not many fighters left."

"We don't have to worry about it at all, mayor. In fact, I think we should have done it in the first place, and there was no need to pay for the land," said a white man.

Thomas said nothing.

The captured chief of the two wolves said angrily: "The sons of the sky will punish you!"

"What did he say?" Thomas asked casually.

Bird Nest said: "He said that the gods will punish us."

Although the names of the Indians are more casual, the name "Children of the Sky" is obviously not a human name.

Therefore, as a Comanche who had already converted to America and stayed away from Indian society, Nest subconsciously believed that this was the name of a god, and the whole sentence was nothing more than an ordinary curse.

"Haha, God isn't on the side of the barbarians." People laughed.

"It should be said that the savages will not be on the side of God," someone said.

"That's not necessarily true, my buddy, don't you just stand over when you see the bird's nest?" Thomas corrected.

"That's right, hahaha!" People laughed.

Bird's Nest also laughed together, and when there was a gap in people's laughter, he quickly said, "I'm Adam now, Adam, I'm not called Bird's Nest anymore."

(End of this chapter)